Zhang Shuai, composer, PhD, associate professor of the Composition Department of Central Conservatory of Music, as well as visiting scholar of the University of Missouri, USA, has successively learned from three professors: Fan Zheming, Cao Jiayun and Ye Xiaogang.
Zhang Shuai was born in 1979 in an art family and studied piano since childhood. In 2008, Zhang Shuai graduated from the Composition Department of Central Conservatory of Music. During the university years, Zhang Shuai formed a heavy metal rap band- ‘Crayon Box’. After the band
was disbanded, Zhang Shuai was active in the fields of concert music,
music in dance drama, operas, movie and television music, as well as stage
music and plaza music, etc., and entered the field of pop music production
as a producer and music director